It looks like I'm answering my own question. I noticed there were about 44 views of my post, but no replies, so I poked around the esa website and found my answer.<br /><br />Apparently the CD was for the Huygens probe, which is now resting comfortably on the chilly surface of Titan! Now if I can only find out if my quote(and everyone else's) made it...<br /><br />Here's the press release<br />
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/Pr_2_1997_p_EN.html<br /><br />N° 2-1997: Cassini/Huygens<br /> <br /> <br />1 February 1997<br />Cassini/Huygens, a joint ESA/NASA mission, will be launched in October 1997.<br /> <br />After a journey lasting almost 7 years, which will take the spacecraft to an orbit around Saturn, ESA's Huygens probe will be released over Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and will examine its environment and surface.<br /><br />On the occasion of this unique scientific mission, ESA is planning to fly a CD-ROM aboard Huygens, on which all the signatures and messages contributed by Europeans will be borne away to Titan. These will be collected by ESA on a special Internet site, whose address is:<br /><br />
http://www.huygens.com<br /><br />ESA and the media are linking up for this unusual operation, making arrangements for sending a token of human life into deep space. This is an idea that goes back to the 1970s, when the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes were fitted with metal plates carefully engraved with information about life on Earth. Today's digital storage technology enables a large number of signatures and messages to be recorded on a single CD-ROM for dispatch into space.<br /><br />ESA is proposing cooperation to the media in two ways:<br /><br />1. Information on Huygens. ESA will provide the media with all the information they need about the Huygens programme, including written, photographic and video material.<br /><br />2. Collection of signatures. The media w